India Oil Stones, Bench Stones & Combination Stones
India Oil Stones are usually used by hand. It is recommend that they are used with oil for lubrication. Our customers use them for sharpening tools, knives and other general grinding use.
India Oil Stones, combination and bench stones. India stones are manufactured with aluminium oxide abrasive. The preferred material for imparting durable, smooth cutting edges and for close tolerances. Orange/Brown in colour.
- India Oilstones are shaped to suit specific profiles. Therefore it is used for deburring, chamfering, radiusing and filing delicate parts.
- Slip Stones have curved edges to suit curved knives, wood carving tools, bead planers and carbide tipped tools.
- Bench Stones are one grit throughout.
- Combination Stones have a coarse side and a fine side.
- Silversmith Stones are suited to precision jewellers tools for example, gravers.
For Engineers
Oil stones are often used for very hard metals. They are popular for tool sharpening, especially useful for knife making. Use the images to see the profiles of the various stones we can supply.
For Jewellers
Most commonly, oil stones are used by jewellers for tool sharpening, however, the combination stones and are particularly useful to silversmiths.
Smaller oil stones are also very useful for enameling for grinding cloisonné work between firings.
